Minerals & Vitamins in Poultry Technical Articles
Article published the October 15, 2019:
Influenced by temperature and ultraviolet radiation, the activity of virus is limited in summer, but the higher temperature leads to the decrease of feed intake of chickens. When the feed intake decreases, the ...
Article published the October 15, 2019:
Outbreaks of avian and swine influenza, as well as African swine fever in Asia, are forcing scientists to reevaluate and redirect their research towards a stronger strengthening of the immune system through nut...
Article published the September 25, 2019:
Introduction
Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites of low molecular weights produced by certain strains of filamentous fungi such as Aspergillus, Fusarium and Penicillium, which invade crops in the field and ma...
Article published the September 25, 2019:
Introduction
Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites of low molecular weights produced by certain strains of filamentous fungi such as Aspergillus, Fusarium and Penicillium, which invade crops in the field and ma...
Article published the September 19, 2019:
Introduction
Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites of low molecular weights produced by certain strains of filamentous fungi such as Aspergillus, Fusarium and Penicillium, which invade crops in the field and ma...
Article published the September 17, 2019:
1 Introduction
The rising number of recently reported human illnesses with bacterial infections resistant to multiple antibacterial agents has become a fundamental concern in recent years [1, 2]. This phenomen...
Article published the September 11, 2019:
Iron plays an important role in poultry nutrition. From the active site in the heme group in blood to functional groups in enzymes, iron is critical for metabolic balance. These roles for iron aren’t uniq...
Article published the August 26, 2019:
Introduction
Phosphorus (P) is an important mineral required in poultry diets for normal growth and development (Ankra-Badu et al., 2004). It constitutes the costliest mineral nutrient in animal nutrition and ...
Article published the August 21, 2019:
Introduction: Pathogens and Iron Requirement
E. coli accumulate large amounts of iron via multiple transport systems including enterochelin transport system (McIntosh and Earhart, 1977).
Three tetracyclines...
Article published the August 14, 2019:
Introduction
Broiler diets consist basically of plant-derived ingredients. These feeds are characterized by having a large part of phosphorus in the form of phytate (Rostagno et al., 2011), which is poorly hyd...